Historical Events In May - 04

1970  On this day in history four students are killed at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest They are immortalized in the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young   

1970  On this day in history national Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio   

1970  Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth)   

1970  On this day in history 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard   

1971  Mud slide buries part of St-Jean Vianney Quebec, killing 31 people; $1 million damage on May - 04.   

1971  On this day in history donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88   

1972  On May - 04 vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam   

1973  On this day in history patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope   

1973  Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK on May - 04.   

1973  Jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1974  Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1975  Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane" premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1975  Gama Hernandez is born in Los Angeles California on this day in history.   

1975  Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77 on May - 04.   

1976  On May - 04 australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says that Waltzing Matilda will be his country's national anthem at the upcoming Montreal Summer Olympic Games.   

1978  Russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany on May - 04.   

1979  On this day in history nASA launches Fltsatcom-2   

1979  On May - 04 the first woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected   

1980  On this day in history marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, dies   

1980  On this day in history josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87   

1982  On May - 04 british Destroyer HMS Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket catches fire and later flounders, many sailors die   

1983  On May - 04 china People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China   

1983  On this day in history nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72   

1984  On May - 04 dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)   

1984  Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 04 president Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghánistán   

1987  On May - 04 cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56   

1988  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1989  US launches Magellan to Venus on May - 04.   

1989  US space shuttle STS-30 launched on May - 04.   

1989  White house aide Oliver North is convicted of charges from the Iran-Contra affair The three convictions are later overturned on appeal on May - 04.   

1990  Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger on May - 04.   

1990  Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union on May - 04.   

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1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  On this day in history birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.   

1506  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82